Published On May 17, 2024
I try to take my reconstruction of the "Blow-Lamp" as far as I can, doing my best to reproduce the capabilities of the tool as it was described in T.P. Danger's 1830's glassworking manual; 'The Art of Glassblowing'
References(in order of appearance)
The 'Mutus Liber'(containing depiction of alchemists using blow lamps):
https://www.loc.gov/item/10018432/
T.P. Danger's 'Art of Glass Blowing':
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/...
Faraday's 'Chemical Manipulation':
https://archive.org/details/chemicalm...
Middleton and Knowles' The History of the Thermometer and its Use in Meteorology':
https://archive.org/details/thermomet...
Hero's pneumatica(woodcroft's 1851 english translation):
https://www.loc.gov/item/07041532/
Corning Museum of Glass Lampworking Videos:
• Lampworking in the 1800s
• Lens Making in the 1600s
• The History of Lampworking